Crowds Gather for Malvern Xmas Cash Scrip Drawings
A large Malvern crowd shopped on December 24 as the Commercial Club held its final cash-scrip drawing. Winners included Mrs. Ronald Coates with 30 dollars, George Sullivan with 20, Mrs. Charley Alexander and Mrs. Roy Winters with 10 each, and Phillip Dashner with 5. Turkeys were awarded to Mrs. Ed Edie and Ralph Tackett. Stores reported strong business and workers struggled to wrap gifts while maintaining stock and service.
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Malvern Commercial Club
Ronald Coates
George Sullivan
Charley Alexander
Roy Winters
Phillip “Dashner
Ed “Edie
Ralph Tackett
Hultman Seeks GOP Nomination for Iowa Governor
Evan Hultman Iowa attorney general announces he will seek the Republican nomination for governor. A 38 year old Albia native now based in Waterloo, he served in World War I rising to captain and is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. He studied law at the University of Iowa earning his degree in 1952 and earned honors with Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma.
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Iowa
Evan ‘Hultman
Albia
Hultman
Waterloo
University of Iowa
Sul
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta
Sigma
Services for R. L. Hale Tuesday
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Mansfield Funeral Home for Rolland LeRoy Hale 78 whose death occurred Saturday at Edmundson hospital Council Bluffs. He died after a long illness and had lived in Nishna Cottage for weeks. He began work with the Burlington railroad at 18 and came to Malvern in 1903 continuing until 1930. Survived by wife Cora Durbin and brothers Leo and Glen Lenox.
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Mansfield
Rolland LeRoy Hale
Edmundson ‘Hospital
Council “Bluffs
Nishna
Burlington Railroad
Malvern
Cora Durbin
Leo
Glen
Lenox
Membership Clean-Up Drive Begins January 8
Mills county Farm Bureau launches its 1964 membership drive with a Jan 8 kickoff. Six townships gather at the Malvern office for coffee doughnuts and card sorting as Anderson Indian Creek Deer Creek Ingraham Silver Creek and White Cloud participate.
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Mills County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Malvern
Anderson
Indian Creek
Deer Creek
Ingraham
Silver Creek
White Cloud
Bank
Glenwood
Lyons
Qak
Rawles
Second Break-in at Nishna Valley School Reported
Sheriff Edwin Barkus said a Friday night break-in through a north window at Nishna Valley School led to theft from vending machines. The coin machines were pried open, cash removed, and damage occurred. this marks the second break-in since the school opened.
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Nishna Valley School
Aeburglary
Edwin Barkus
Car Damage Reported After Evening Glenwood Crash
A collision near Glenwood damaged the car driven by Mary Kay Purchiser, 16, of route 2 Glenwood. Officers say she lost control about 10:45 p m Tuesday, producing an estimated $500 in damage 5 miles east of Glenwood on Highways 275 34. Printing notice from The Aalvern Leader.
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Mary Kay
Purchiser
Route 2
Glenwood
Mills County Traffic Record 1963 Totals Released
Mills County sheriff Edwin Barkus notes a troubling 1963 traffic year with 140 accidents. Of these 120 caused injuries and four fatalities. August led with 19 accidents while February had six.
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Mills County
Edwin Barkus
Back on Schedule Next Week Advised by Mills County
The Ledder notes the Mills county edition aims to be back on schedule next week after a brief disruption. The brief item signals restoration of publishing cadence for the local newspaper.
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Mills County
Adiva
White Cloud Road Project Shares Mills County 1964 Budget
The White Cloud project south of Malvern covers five miles of grading culverts clearing and surfacing and will use about 130000 of Mills County 1964 secondary road funds. The Iowa state highway commission approved an 812000 budget with allocations for maintenance construction equipment engineering and overhead. Revenue sources include taxation road use tax and miscellaneous receipts while a 130000 carryover from January 1 1964 is noted.
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White Cloud
Mills
White Cloud Township
Malvern
Mills County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
FICA
IPERS
Body of Council Bluffs Man Found in Farm Feed Lot
Walter Eggert Klindt 66 of 320 Suntington Ave Council Bluffs was found in a farm feed lot southeast of Malvern just before noon Monday. Officials believe a heart attack about 11 a.m. led to his death. Tenant Jess Rippey notified Sheriff Bar kus and Marsfield Funeral Home assisted. Myers Funeral Home will handle services. Survived by wife a son Walter Jr near Silver City and two daughters. Band Mothers to Meet Jan 7 in Malvern at 2 30 p m at Mrs F A Wortman home with officers to be elected.
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Walter Eggert Klindt
Suntington Ave
Council Bluffs
Malvern
Jess Rippey
Edwin Barkus
Marsfield Funeral Home
Myers Funeral Home
Two Accidents At Frosty Rural Curve Close In Time
Mills county residents recall two crashes at the same frost coated highway bend. Three Springfield visitors were hurt near Glenwood on Highway 34 when their car slid on frost at 7:45 p m Thursday. Patricia McGuire 18 Howard Baldwin 65 and Mrs C H Baldwin 89 were treated for injuries. A prior collision at Christmas Eve near the same spot damaged Michael Maher of Imogene. his car left the road hit an embankment and overturned. Damages both cases estimated at 1000 dollars.
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Mills ‘County
Edwin Barkus
Springfield
Glenwood
Highway 34
Patricia L. McGuire
Howard R. Baldwin
C H. Baldwin
Waoon
Sheriff's Office
Michael Maher
Imogene
Car Damage After Loss of Control Near Glenwood
Carter R. Bartholomew, 54, of Tabor, escaped injury when his car, valued with about $300 damage, ran off a highway curve and overturned about 12:30 a.m. Christmas day, 40 miles north of Glenwood, according to the sheriff’s office. Card of thanks from Roger and Rodney Powles thanks paper customers for gifts and cards in 1963.
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Carter R. Bartholomew
Tabor
Glenwood
Sheriffs Office
Roger
Rodney Powles
Mills 4-H Honors 1963 Awards at Malvern Event
Mills County 4-H members gathered in Malvern Community Building for awards honoring top clubs and members. Rosalie Wright Glenwood and Bruce DuVal Tabor named outstanding 4-H members. Good Grain Co sponsors dinner and an Omaha hockey game. numerous individual and club awards listed with related donors and sponsors.
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Mills County
Malvern
Jim Glenn
Omaha
Good Grain Co
Glenwood
Hastings
Rosalie Wright
Glenwwood
Bruce DuVal
Tabor
Rosalie
George Wright
Austin Bass
Mills County Fair Association
Bruce
Leonard DeVal
Les Knop
Mills County’ Farm
Burelau
Elvera Hendersites
Mills County Board to Meet for Jan 2 Reorganization
Mills County board of supervisors will hold its annual reorganization Thursday January 2 with a chairman designation and new business. The agenda includes filling the vacancy of Lee Robbins on the Mills County Conservation Board and appointing a new member to the conservation board after Robbins moved away.
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Mills County Board of Supervisors
Lee Robbins
Mills County Conservation Board
Comedy, Music & Boxing Show At Empress This Week
The Empress theater features two films this week. Doris Day and James Garner star in The Thrill of It All, a color Universal comedy about a gynecologist and his wife swept into TV stardom. Elvis Presley stars in Kid Galahad, a DeLuxe color drama with music and boxing, co starring Gig Young Lola Albright Joan Blackman and Charles Bronson.
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Universal
Ross Hunter- Martin Melcher
Doris Day
James Garner
Arlene Francis
Empress Theater
Carl Reiner
Elvis
Fresley
Kid Galahad
United Artists
DeLuxe
Gig Young
Lola Albright
Joan Blackman
Charles Bronson
Hilvis
N. V. Hootenanny Rescheduled for Jan 7 at Nishna Valley
The Nishna Valley high Hootenanny, postponed after President Kennedy's death, will be held Tuesday Jan 7 at 7 30 p m in the school gym. More than 90 participate as proceeds fund new choir robes bought last fall. public invited.
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Nishna Valley High
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GOP
R. L. Hale
F.B
Geraldine Foster
Larry
Schmoeller and Meuller Piano Co
Clayton L. Herts
Aalvern
F. A. Wortman
Maher
Santa Claus
Keith Fay
Keith
Santa
Mills 4-H
Malvern - Gunlub
Margaret Goos
Sharon Cowden
Carol “Asmussen
Arlene Lindburg
Marsha. Deitchler
Patty Trively
Ppekeeder
Rayleen Hocka
Diane Black
Elaine Sieck
Gloria Brower
Sandra Barns
Judy Asmussen
Kathy Mendenhall
Kathy Grindle
Diane Hopp
Carol Wortman
Ford Motor Co
Clarence Burgoin
Olin Mathieson Corp. Bread
Patty Johnson
Joan Lindburg
Mary Gilmore
Lou Craig
Standard Brands, Inc. Canning
Joan Buch
Carolyn Hilton
Doris Griffiths
Kerr Glass Mfg. Corp. Clothing
Cathy Burgoin
Jane Miller
Carol Goos
Cindy Kahl
Coats & Clark, Inc
Floods Nutrition
Blaine Sieck
Marsha Deichler
General Foods Corp. Garden
Sherry Hurst
Debbie Sell
Diane Blackman
Carol Asmussen
Allis Chalmers
Mfg. Co. Health
Suzanne Schoening
Virginia Angus
Eli Lilly & Co
Home Economics
Jann Deitchler
Diane Lakin
Montgomery-Ward
Sperry & Hutchison Co
Jann Deitchier
Diai Hopp
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Heisdorf & Nelson Farms Inc
Thos. E. Wilson
General Foods
Marlene Fletcher
Susan Crocker
Bob Burgoin
Joe Cheney
Ford Motor Co, Agricultural
Gary Stouder
Don L. Hope
Don Angus
Byron Leu
International Harvester
Wayne Hilton
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Dan Morrical
Dick Godfrey
Jerry Ponton
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Byron Mass
Mike Sell
Myrna McMillen
Oliver Corp
Dale Asmussen
Doug Dashner
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
Swine
David Newell
Dennis Deitchler
Dean Hunt
Moorman Mfg. Co
Dale Asmiussen
Thos. &. Wilson
David Laughlin
Iowa State University
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
Tim Adams
Larry Wiegman
Leo Smith
St. Marys Jr
Leighton Reed
Fred Kuhl
Alvin Arp
Wayne Lincoln
American Royal
Don Wamberg
Tom Axtell
Mills Co
Farm City Exchange
Omaha Chamber of Com- Commerce
Harvey Bolte
Kenneth Seipold
Danforth Foundation
Top Record
Federal Land
Doug Dushner
Empress This Wi
N. V. Hootenanny
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